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Effect of Eucalyptus Globulus Wood Density on Papermaking Potential PEER-REVIEWED PAPERMAKING Effect of Eucalyptus globulus wood density on papermaking potential ANTÓNIO SANTOS, MARIA EMÍLIA AmaRAL, ÁLVARO VaZ, OFÉLIA ANJOS, AND ROGÉRIO SIMÕes ABSTRACT: It is well documented that the characteristics of raw materials determine the papermaking potential of the pulp. The variability of the wood used by the pulp mills is extremely wide. We report on the behavior of three Eucalyptus globulus wood chip samples with basic densities of 0.467, 0.537, and 0.600 g/cm3, in kraft cooking and papermaking. The pulp yield range of 49%–58.7% was attributed to the different wood chemical composition, in par- ticular to the lignin content and relative proportion of cellulose and hemicelluloses. The morphological characteris- tics of the pulp fibers were also markedly different. The average fiber length is 0.71, 0.80, and 0.85 mm, respectively for the E. globulus of low, intermediate, and high wood basic density. The pulp fibers from the lowest density wood exhibit very high wet fiber flexibility, while those from the highest density wood exhibit rigid behavior. Using this structural property as reference, the corresponding papers are stronger, but exhibit lower light scattering coeffi- cients than those from the lowest density wood. Application: Understanding the morphological characteristics of the E. globulus wood fibers in tree selection and genetic improvement programs, in addition to the wood density and pulp yield, can help papermakers to avoid neg- ative impact on light scattering coefficient and refining energy consumption. leached Eucalyptus globulus kraft pulp has a strong optimization efforts should also consider fiber characteristics Bmarket position for the production of printing and such as fiber wall thickness, fiber width, and fiber length. writing papers due to its strength, bulk, opacity, and Several papers were published recently concerning the rela- smoothness [1, 2]. This performance is mainly due to the tionships between wood basic density and fiber and pulp morphological characteristics of the pulp fibers, in par- characteristics [5, 9]. Most of the work in this area analyzed ticular its high Runkel ratio (twice the fiber wall thickness dozens of wood samples and estimated their papermaking divided by the lumen diameter) and the relatively low pulp potential based on the unrefined or gently refined pulps. This fiber width. The low fiber length also leads to a very high is a good strategy for correlation assessment but it does not number of fibers per gram, which confers good formation consider the impact of beating on paper properties. to the papers [3]. The number of fibers per gram, the high We selected three E. globulus wood samples representative specific surface area, and the relatively high pulp fiber of two clone stands and current industrial raw material, with rigidity lead to papers with high bulk and opacity. The markedly different wood basic densities, to evaluate the vari- paper exhibits good strength properties, at the expense of ability of E. globulus pulp fiber characteristics and their influ- a relatively high-energy consumption in beating [2]. ence on papermaking potential. The pulp fibers have similar Although the general performance of E. globulus grown fiber width but markedly different fiber wall thickness, which in Portugal for printing and writing paper production is very enabled us to investigate its influence on beating response. good, it is of technical and scientific interest to evaluate the influence of the morphological variability of E. globulus fi- EXPERIMENTAL bers on their performance in the papermaking process and Table I shows the provenance, climate conditions, mean age, on the final paper properties. It is well known that both the and basic density of the two wood samples coming from two pulping processes and the raw material affect pulp fiber prop- clone stands grown in Portugal. The third sample was an in- erties. However, for a given pulping process, raw material is dustrial chip sample from a Portuguese pulp mill, with a basic the main factor determining pulp fiber properties [2–4]. density of 0.537 g/cm3. The samples were previously screened It is also well documented that there is considerable fiber to remove over-thickness chips (>8 mm) and fines. We deter- morphology variability within trees, between trees within a mined the cross-section dimensions of the vegetal cells in the stand, and between trees from different stands [5, 6] because wood samples by image analysis using the Qwin 500 system of genetic variability, soil-related and climatic conditions, and from Leica Microsystems® (Wetzlar, Germany). For each wood cambium age. This variability has been exploited in genetic sample, four resin-embedded representative samples were improvement programs for different species and also for E. prepared and polished to observe in a reflection microscope. globulus [7, 8]. The main objective has been to increase pulp Five images from each preparation were recorded with a mag- production per cubic meter of wood, which is associated with nification of 50X, accounting for 20 images per wood sample. the increase of wood basic density and pulp yield. However, About 20 fibers were measured (fiber wall thickness and fiber MAY 2008 | TAPPI JOURNAL 25 PAPERMAKING Rainfall, Mean Age, Basic density, Site mm/yr Altitude, m temperature, ºC year Tree g/cm3 Odemira E. globulus–LD 635 70 15.0 7 Clone 0.467 (37º36’N; 8º 39’W) E. globulus– ID Pulp mill - - - 10 Industrial 0.537 Mortágua E. globulus–HD 1255 250 14.9 11 Clone 0.600 (40º 24’N; 8º 09’W) I. Location of the sites and characteristics of the raw materials: low density (LD), intermediate density (ID), high density (HD). width in tangential direction) in each image, providing nearly Wood basic density (g/cm3) 400 measurements for each property and each sample. We 0.600 0.467 (LD) 0.537 (ID) also evaluated the percentage of vessel area. (HD) The wood basic density was determined according to Effective alkali charge 18.7 18.7 17.9 TAPPI 258 om-94 [Basic density and moisture content of pulp- (%, as NaOH) wood]. Representative materials were ground and samples Sulfidity (%) 30 30 30 prepared for lignin and extractives contents determination according to TAPPI 222 om-88 and TAPPI 204 om-88 [Acid- Liquid/wood ratio 4:1 4:1 4:1 insoluble lignin in wood and pulp; Solvent extractives of Time to temperature wood and pulp] (successively with dichloromethane, ethanol, (min) 90 90 90 and water), respectively. Time at temperature 60 58 45 The wood chips underwent a conventional kraft cooking (160ºC) (min) process under the following reaction conditions: effective Pulp yield 49.0 52.4 58.7 alkali charge, variable; sulfidity index, 30%; liquor:wood (%, on wood) ratio, 4:1; time to temperature, 90 min; time at temperature Rejects (%, on wood) 0.2 3.0 0.9 (160ºC), variable. Experiments were carried out with 1000 g o.d. of wood in a forced circulation digester. The cooked Kappa number 15.3 16.2 14.0 chips were disintegrated, washed, and screened on an L&W Viscosity, cm3.g-1 screen with 0.3 mm slot width. The accepted material was unbleached pulps 942 1053 1274 collected on a 200-mesh screen. The screened and total yields 3 -1 Viscosity, cm .g 855 982 945 were gravimetrically determined. Kappa number and pulp bleached pulps viscosity were evaluated according to the ISO 302 [Pulps - II. Cooking conditions and results. Determination of kappa number] and ISO 5351/1 standard methods [Cellulose in dilute solutions - Determination of lim- determined according to the Silvy et al. procedure [13], for the iting viscosity number - Part 1: Method in cupri-ethylene-di- suspension with and without fines. Fines were removed in the amine (CED) solution]. The brown stock was bleached ac- Bauer-McNett apparatus, using a 100-mesh screen. We prepared cording to the D0E1D1E2D2 sequence, using a kappa factor of paper hand sheets according to Scan-C 26:76 and tested their 0.2 in the D0 stage and the same charges and reaction condi- structural, mechanical, and optical properties. tions in the remaining stages. The neutral sugar composition of the woods and pulps RESULTS AND DISCUSSION were determined after acid hydrolysis by gas chromatography Cooking analysis, according to published procedures [10, 11]. The mor- The wood basic density values obtained for E. globulus sam- phological properties of pulp fibers were determined auto- ples were within the usual range reported for this species [7]. matically by image analysis of a diluted suspension (20 mg/L) The cooking conditions required by the three samples to pro- in a flow chamber in Morfi® (TECHPAP, Grenoble, France). duce kraft pulp with kappa number in the range of 14–16 were The pulps were beaten in a PFI mill at 500, 2500, and 4500 significantly different (Table II). In particular, the wood revolutions under a refining intensity of 3.33 N/mm. Wet fiber sample with the highest basic density required the mildest flexibility (WFF) was determined according to the Steadman reaction conditions and led to a pulp yield nearly 10 points and Luner procedure [12], using CyberFlex® (CyberMetrics, higher than that exhibited by the wood sample with the low- Roswell, Georgia, USA) equipment in a fine free suspension. est wood basic density. These differences cannot be attrib- In summary, a very thin and oriented fiber network was uted to the casual losses of fine elements, such as vessels, in formed on a wire of a very small head-box and transferred to a pulp collection after cooking because a 200-mesh screen was glass slide with wires under controlled pressure conditions [12]. used and the vessel dimensions and its content in the woods The same equipment and procedure, this time using glass slides were not so different (data not shown).
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